Sophia Loren - Senior Reporter

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Contributing Writers:
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Les Goldberg
Ronnie Greenberg
Dr. Robert Horseman
Judith Rogow
Debbie L. Sklar
Nick Thomas
VOLUME 42, NUMBER 5
MAY 2016
“Serving The Needs of Orange County & Long Beach Seniors Since 1974”
Sophia Loren
“Sex appeal is 50 percent what
you’ve got and 50 percent what
people think you’ve got.”
—Sophia Loren
What’s Inside....
Calendar of Events...............................
Classifieds...........................................
Sophia Loren.......................................
Book Club............................................
In The Spotlight...................................
Tinseltown Talks...................................
Gadget Geezer.....................................
Key West.............................................
Busy Boomers......................................
Crossword Puzzle.................................
Fabulous Finds.....................................
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Sally Jo Sager Loves Helping People See a Bright Future
By Carine Nadel
before, the school described
the job as someone who works
with people who are blind or
visually impaired, teaching
them independent travel skills
-and how to develop auditory
awareness and environmental awareness abilities so they
would be able to get around on
their own and not rely on others to reach their destination.
Sally Jo Sager may have started out in Portland, Oregon but
wound up in Kansas City.
In childhood, Sager had a passion for the piano. Unfortunately, her parents couldn’t
afford one so she used her
school’s music room. At first
she played by ear.
In the 6th grade her parents
surprised her with a piano and
lessons. It was a natural progression to audition for the
Conservatory of Music at the
University of Missouri-Kansas
City.
“I graduated with a double degree in Music Education and
Music Therapy. After teaching
music in the public schools for
several years, I knew in my
heart that I wanted to work
with people that have special
needs. I began looking everywhere I could think of for a job
as a Music Therapist. Since I
couldn’t find anything in the
Kansas City area I went to
Topeka. My life changed the
day I entered the doors of the
Kansas Rehabilitation Center
for the Blind and interviewed
with the totally blind Director.
“After telling me that they did
not have an opening for a Music Therapist I was told what
they need have a need for was
an Orientation & Mobility
(O&M) Specialist.”
Having never heard of this job
Sager knew immediately this
would be the first time something other than music would
give her a tremendous purpose
in life. She immediately wanted to apply for the position.
The director smiled, thanked
her and said she wasn’t qualified. He explained that they
were a state accredited organization and she had to have the
necessary credentials.
With the words, “you’re not
qualified” ringing in her head
on the drive back to Kansas
City-Sager felt that even with-
out that piece of identifying
paper she had the ability naturally within her to fill this role.
So every few weeks she called
the agency about hiring her-after three months of constantly
being told she wasn’t qualified
the tables turned!
In October, 1977 the director
called to ask if Sager was still
interested in the position. As
thrilled as she was at hearing
the job offer, she wondered,
“how -suddenly did I miraculously become qualified for the
position? As it turned out the
agency previously had 3 O&M
positions. At the time she applied two of them were filled
and there was one opening.”
When the director called the
other two O&M Specialists
had quit and he still had the
opening for the one. In short,
they were “desperate” with
three openings. Because of
this, the director was able to
get an emergency “waiver”
and offer the position to someone not qualified and to “train
the person on the job.”
Sager began working at the
Kansas Rehab Center for the
Blind in December, 1977. After working there for just over a
year and wanting to learn more
about this exciting field, she
asked for a leave of absence to
attend graduate school, to get
her Master’s degree in orientation and mobility.
“I moved to Los Angeles and
got my degree at California
State University Los Angeles.
My Master of Arts degree and
MAY 2016
credential in Clinical Rehabilitative Services would allow me to teach blind children
ages kindergarten through
12th grade as well as blind and
visually impaired adults of all
ages.
“I was fortunate to find a position with Los Angeles County
Office of Education (LACOE)
teaching blind & visually impaired children in 10 schools
throughout the South Bay area
of Los Angeles. A year later I
added a second job with the
Center for the Partially Sighted as well as with the Department of Rehabilitation, working with blind and visually
impaired adults. I wound up
working at these positions for
over 30 years as an O and M
Specialist.” Says Sager.
Sager loves to share this story
of one of her former clients to
show the importance of this
valuable field of orientation
and mobility:
The gentleman was a husband/ father of two and had
been working for many years
in a profession that he dearly
loved. Due to a bad reaction to
a medication he lost all of his
vision suddenly. He thought
his life with no vision was
over. He became extremely
depressed. He had ongoing insomnia. He couldn’t drive. He
couldn’t provide for his family.
He lost all hope and felt that he
could not even care for himself
and was going to be dependent
on others for the rest of his life.
Fortunately, he was open to receiving orientation & mobility
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Unbelievable
By Jim McDevitt
Each year I turn my backyard
water supply off when winter
weather arrives. In the past,
I’ve had pipes that froze when
I failed to do this when I first
moved up into the mountains.
Granted, I’m not an Einstein.
At 5,300 feet elevation where
I live the weather can change
rapidly when a storm arrives.
I know several people up here
who when they first moved
from the valley didn’t shut
off their outside water for the
plants and ended up with a
big plumbing bill. Repairs for
damages like this can be very
expensive.
This year I decided that spring
was arriving early. I went outside and decided I would turn
the outside water on. First, as
is my rule, I went and checked
each outside faucet to make
sure it was off. When I shut
the water off, I always open the
faucets to drain the lines, so I
have to do the reverse when I
am ready to turn the water back
on. I checked everything out
and turned the water on. Then
I tested the lines by briefly
opening one faucet on my upper deck to see that the pressure
was good.
Over an hour after I did this,
I decided to take my German
shepherd for a walk. She loves
going for a walk and likes to remind me to take her by sitting
right in front of me and staring
at me without blinking or turn-
ing away for as long as it takes
me to get her message. Like
I said, I am not an Einstein. I
grabbed my car keys, put the
dog’s leash on her and headed
down the stairs to the SUV. I
popped open the hatchback
door and my dog jumped up
and in. I closed the door and
then heard, whoosh, whoosh,
whoosh, and looked for the
noise. A huge stream of water was spraying from an open
faucet on the side of the house.
Did a pipe just break? I hurried
over to the faucet and saw no
broken pipe.
Although the water had been
turned on over an hour earlier,
I could see the water had just
started spraying by the amount
of water on the ground. Quickly, I tried turning the faucet I
had thought was off. Now, as I
forcefully turned it, I realized it
had been stuck in the open position. As I turned the handle
the water was stopped. How
could this be? I had turned
the water on over an hour ago
and yet even though the faucet
was turned on, the water only
started shooting out when I
reached my car to take the dog
for a walk over an hour later.
How could this happen? It’s
unbelievable and if someone
else told me this story I would
think it can’t be true. I checked
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May
Calendar of Events
The weather has finally turned
and it’s all about getting outside to enjoy the wonderful
California climate. Check out
the calendar below for some of
the most exciting events in the
Southland and get your comfortable shoes ready!
Annual Street Painting
Arts Alive Festival
Mission Viejo
May 1
Artists from all over transform
and capture art using pastel
chalk as the medium to blend
onto asphalt as their canvases.
At Norman P. Murray Community Center, 24932 Veterans
Way at La Paz Rd, Mission
Viejo. Call, 949-470-8440.
Rancho Days Fiesta
May 1
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Celebrate the history of Saddleback Valley and explore the
rich history of Orange County’s
Ranchos and Native American
tribes. Visitors will experience
the past through music, dance,
crafts, food and hands-on activities for all ages. At, Heritage Hill Historical Park, 25151
Serrano Road, Lake Forest.
Call, 949-923-2230.
OC Marathon
Newport Beach
May 1
Join thousands of other community-minded runners and
walkers at the OC Marathon,
beginning at Newport Beach
Marriott Hotel & Spa just south
of Santa Barbara Drive. Pledges to benefit 11 local children’s
charities through Run for Orange County Kids (ROCK).
Call, 949-222-3327.
Annual Cinco de Mayo
Fiesta
San Clemente
May 1
12 to 6 p.m.
This year marks the 26th time
of celebrating Mexican culture
in San Clemente’s Spanish Village by the Sea. The annual
Cinco de Mayo celebration
showcases live entertainment
featuring traditional mariachis
and Ballet Folklorico to Cumbias, Tex Mex, and Salsa dancers. Community groups will be
serving authentic Mexican food
fare and other activities will include a juried art contest, carnival game booths and a vendor
area. At Max Berg Plaza Park,
1100 Calle Puente, San Clemente. Call, 949-361-8264.
Annual UCLA Orange
County Golf Classic
Dana Point
May 6
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of an incoming UCLA student.
Be a part of the Annual UCLA
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A Fundraiser for Outstanding
Students and the UCLA Fund.
This year, join head coaches
Mora and Alford for exciting
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its breathtaking, coastal location and exclusive Five-Star resort setting. At Monarch Beach
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Call, 949-887-1065.
Silverado Chili
Cook-Off & Cinco de
Mayo Festival
Silverado
May 7
The Silverado Modjeska Recreation & Park District hosts
the 11th annual Silverado Chili
Cook-Off & Cinco de Mayo
Festival. Taste the competition
chili and vote for your favorite
family recipe or browse the
arts & crafts expo with local
vendors, while enjoying the
Cinco de Mayo entertainment
line-up and Mexican folk heritage. Proceeds benefit SMRPD
recreation programs including
those for children. At Silverado Community Center Fairgrounds, 27641 Silverado Canyon Rd, Silverado.
Rose Garden Tour
San Clemente & San
Juan Capistrano
May 7
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Rose Society of Saddleback Mountain is sponsoring
its 25th Elegant and Enchanting Garden Tour of four unique
and innovative private gardens
in South Orange County. The
self-guided tour offers visitors floral and plant displays,
garden architecture and ideas
for environmentally sound
garden practices. RSSM funds
horticulture and plant sciencerelated scholarships for college
and university students. All
tour organizers and participants
are volunteers. Tickets are $25;
purchased in advance. Call, to
order tickets, or visit the RSSM
website, or call 949-837-2141.
Soka University’s
Annual International
Festival
Aliso Viejo
May 7
Enjoy more than 700 musicians and dancers performing
on three stages and more than
230 non-profit, craft and business exhibitors. Enjoy international foods, exhibitors, games
and activities, art exhibitions,
ceramic sales, a children’s play
area with Bounce House, student projects and more. Admission is FREE for all. Parking is
$10 cash on campus. At, Soka
University, 1 University Drive,
Aliso Viejo, Call, 949-4804081.
Open Garden Day
Santa Ana
May 14
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Experience the inviting neighborhoods of West Floral Park
and Jack Fisher Park in North
Santa Ana. You are invited
to stroll through a variety of
gardens throughout the day.
Tranquil spaces, unique planting ideas and inspiring yard
designs are open for viewing. This one-day community
event offers an array of activities including gardens to tour,
water-wise front yard sidewalk
tour, garden expert talks and
demonstrations, vintage cars to
peruse, a street full of vendors
selling unique garden treasures, and gourmet food trucks
with food. $15 presale tickets/
person. Presale tickets can be
purchased online at www.opengardenday.com. At, the neighborhoods of West Floral Park
and Jack Fisher Park in North
Santa Ana. Call, 714-836-9777.
Mariachi Festival
San Juan Capistrano
May 14
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The festival will include entertainment “Battle of the Mariachis” and authentic Mexican
food. Mariachi performers will
compete for cash prizes. At,
Mission San Juan Capistrano,
El Camino Real/Ortega Hwy.,
San Juan Capistrano. Call,
(949) 234-1321.
Annual Muckenthaler
Motorcar Festival
Fullerton
May 14-15
A one-of-a-kind automotive
cultural event featuring car
rally, motor movies and
Concours d ‘Elegance, as
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well as horseless carriage
tour. Live performances in the
outdoor amphitheater will be
performed by The Pleasure
Tones on Saturday and Janet
Klein and Her Parlor Boys on
Sunday. Proceeds benefit youth
arts education and outreach
programs. At, Muckenthaler
Cultural Center, 1201 W.
Malvern Ave., Fullerton. Call,
714-738-6595.
Dachshund Races
Huntington Beach
May 15
3 p.m. (doors open at 2 p.m.)
Come see these short-legged
but swift ‘wiener dogs’ race
to the finish line once a month
at Old World Village. Arrive
early and stay for lunch at the
dog-friendly patio. Upcoming
dates: June 19, July 10, Aug.
21, Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9,
16, 23, 30 and Dec 4. At, Old
World Village, 7561 Center
Ave., Huntington Beach.
Greek Festival
May 20-22
12 to 10 p.m.
Come and experience the sight,
sounds and tastes of Greece at
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church’s Annual OC
Greek Fest. Along with authentic Greek foods and homemade Greek pastries, you will
find traditional Greek dancing,
an outdoor market place and
more. $3 regular admission,
children under 12 free, free to
all military, police and fire personnel (with ID). Seniors admitted free. At, St. John Greek
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714-827-0182.
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Tustin
May 21
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The annual Blues Festival is the
true kick-off to summer with a
weekend filled with music, lots
of vendors and an international
food court. At, Doheny State
Beach, Dana Point. Ticket sales
and info, call 949-360-7800.
Balboa Island
ArtWalk
Balboa
May 22
9 a.m.to 5 p.m.
The Balboa Island Artwalk is
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summer season. This fine art
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paintings, fine jewelry, blown
glass, sculpture, and photography. Spectators will enjoy live
music throughout the day. At,
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Taste of Brea
& Business Expo
May 26
5 to 9 p.m.
See more than 100 exhibitors and restaurants out promoting their businesses and
fine cuisine. Room to kick up
your heels and dance, too. At,
Downtown Birch St. Promenade, Brea.
Strawberry Festival
Garden Grove
May 27-30
The festival is a parade and
carnival celebrating the city’s
strawberry-growing
history.
Free admission. At, Euclid and
Main streets, Garden Grove.
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instruction. After Sager started
working with him/teaching
him new skills and stressing
all of the many things that he
“could do”, he slowly began
showing progress in all areas.
state of California. Sager also
has a private practice helping those who have recently
experienced vision loss, often
working with their families as
well.
The more successes he
achieved with his daily routine, the more his attitude
shifted to a “can-do” way of
looking at life. He was able to
obtain equipment through the
Department of Rehabilitation
counselor – that allowed him
to read. He received training and specialized equipment
to go back to the work that he
loved and provided tremendous fulfillment for him.
Sager feels lucky to have
found her passion and feels it’s
her goal to reach as many blind
and visually impaired people
as possible and teach them
skills that will enable them to
live as independently as they
choose.
Presently Sager teaches part
time at a middle school working with several blind children
as their Orientation & Mobility Specialist. Her primary focus involves serving blind or
visually impaired adults with
the Center for the Partially
Sighted and the Department
of Rehabilitation through the
Jazz Festival and
Taste of the Bash
Mission Viejo
May 29
With more than 30 headliners
playing with each other in a giant Jazz jam, each Bash is an
once-in-a-lifetime concert for
the artists and the audience.
Also on hand, more than 25 restaurants and wineries. At, Oso
Viejo Park/Norman P. Murray
Community Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo. Call,
949-582-4714.
“I want people with visual
impairments to know they can
“step out of the darkness”.
There is hope and help is available. Please feel free to contact
me with any questions or to arrange for orientation and mobility training.
Sally Jo Sager, M. A., Orientation & Mobility Specialist.
[email protected]
or (310) 594-3959.
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Sophia Loren
No matter how you slice it,
when it comes to sex appeal,
Sophia Loren has it – and then
some.
If you are like me who grew up
during the 50s and 60s during
the Golden Age of Hollywood,
sexy meant “flaunt it if you’ve
got it” like female movie stars
Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and an Italian-born notso-blonde bombshell named
Sophia Loren. We’re happy to
report that Sophia, unlike many
of her counterparts of that era,
is very much alive and well
and, yes, still very sexy at age
82.
Her story is a real, honest-togoodness Cinderella tale. It
begins on Sept. 20, 1934, when
she was born Sofia Villani Scicolone.
Her father, Riccardo Scicolone,
considered himself a “construction engineer,” but in fact
he spent most of his time hanging around the fringes of show
business, hoping to romance
young actresses. Sophia’s
mother, Romilda Villani, was
one of them. Bearing an uncan-
Now, 57 years later Loren has
shared the story behind the image,
and it’s exactly what we expected—a classic case of side-eye.
her mother and many other
relatives at her grandparents’
home, where she shared a bedroom with eight people. Things
got worse when World War II
ravaged the already struggling
city.
ny resemblance to Greta Garbo,
Villani had once been offered a
trip to the United States to play
Garbo’s body double, but her
mother refused to let her go.
Instead, she took baby Sophia
back to her hometown of Pozzuoli on the Bay of Naples,
which one travel book described as “perhaps the most
squalid city in Italy.” Although
Riccardo Scicolone fathered
another child by Villani, they
never married. As Loren’s
mother put it, “That pig was
free to marry me, but instead
he dumped me and married another woman.”
Although she would go on to
be considered one of the most
beautiful women in history, Sophia’s wet nurse remembered
her as “the ugliest child I ever
saw in my life.” A quiet and
reserved child, Loren grew up
in extreme poverty, living with
The resulting famine was so
great that Loren’s mother occasionally had to siphon off a cup
of water from the car radiator
to ration between her daughters by the spoonful. During
one aerial bombardment, Loren
was knocked to the ground and
split open her chin, leaving a
scar that has remained ever
since.
Nicknamed “little stick” by her
classmates for her sickly physique, at the age of 14 Loren
blossomed, seemingly overnight, from a frail child into a
beautiful and voluptuous woman.
“It became a pleasure just to
stroll down the street,” she remembered of her sudden physical transformation. That same
year, Loren won second place
in a beauty competition, receiving as her prize a small sum of
cash and free wallpaper for her
grandparents’ living room.
In 1950, when she was 15 years
old, Loren and her mother set
off for Rome to try to make their
living as actresses. Loren landed her first role as an extra in
the 1951 Mervyn LeRoy film,
“Quo Vadis.” She also landed
work as a model for various fumetti, Italian publications that
resemble comic books but with
real photographs instead of illustrations.
After various bit parts and a
small role in the 1952 film, “La
Favorita,” the first for which
she adopted the stage name
“Loren,” she delivered her
breakthrough performance as
the title character in the 1953
film “Aida.” Another leading
role in “The Gold of Naples”
(1954) established Loren as
one of the up-and-coming stars
of Italian cinema.
In 1957, Loren starred in her
first Hollywood film, “The
Pride and the Passion,” filmed
in Paris and co-starring Cary
Grant and Frank
Sinatra. At the
same time, she
became
enmeshed in a love
triangle
when
Grant and an Italian film producer
named Carlo Ponti declared their
love for her. Although she had
a schoolgirl’s crush on Grant,
Loren ultimately chose Ponti, a
man the media joked was twice
her age and half her height.
Even though they married in
1957, complications regarding
the annulment of Ponti’s first
marriage prevented their union
from being officially legally
recognized in Italy for another
decade.
Loren and Ponti’s marriage
nevertheless remains one of
the rare, heartwarming success
stories among celebrity relationships. They remained happily married for 50 years until
Ponti’s death in 2007. According to Loren, the secret to their
relationship was maintaining a
low profile despite their celebrity status. “Show business is
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May Book Club
By Debbie L. Sklar
Whether you want to swing
from a hammock, or sit on
your patio or deck here are
some great books to take a
long for the ride.
Think Big Overcoming
Obstacles with
Optimism
By Jennifer Arnold
and Bill Klein
“Bestselling authors of ‘Life is
Short (No Pun Intended)’ and
stars of TLC’s “The Little Couple” return with an inspirational book that encourages readers
to reach for their dreams, no
matter what obstacles they may
face.
“Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein
have faced some big challenges
in their lives. On the way to
becoming a preeminent neonatologist and a successful entre-
preneur—as well
as parents and television stars—these
two have faced
prejudice, medical scares, and the
uncertainty of life with special needs children. And even
though they have dealt with
fear, depression, hopelessness,
and the urge to give up, they
have found a way to persevere.
Now they share their wisdom
and encouragement for everyone who is facing their own
challenges.
“Drawn from their most popular speaking presentation,
“Think Big” is the inspirational
guide for dreaming big, setting
goals, and the steps you need to
take to get there. Each section
includes heartwarming anecdotes full of grace, humor, and
wit plus a never-before-seen
look inside their personal and
professional lives. They have
plenty of stories to tell and their
unique approach to encountering life’s greatest difficulties
will inspire a call to action in
all of us,” according to Publisher, Howard Books
The 4 Disciplines
of Execution
Achieving Your Wildly
Important Goals
By Sean Covey, Chris
McChesney and Jim Huling
“Do you remember the last
major initiative you watched
die in your organization? Did
it go down with a loud crash?
Or was it slowly and quietly
suffocated by other competing
priorities? By the time it finally
disappeared, it’s likely no one
even noticed. What happened?
“The ‘whirlwind’ of urgent activity required to keep things
running day-to-day devoured
all the time and energy you
needed to invest in executing
your strategy for tomorrow.
“The 4 Disciplines of Execution” can change all that forever.
“The 4 Disciplines of Execution” (4DX) is a simple, repeatable, and proven formula
for executing on your most
important strategic priorities in
the midst of the whirlwind. By
following the 4 Disciplines—
Focusing on the Wildly Important; Acting on Lead Measures;
Keeping a Compelling Scoreboard; Creating a Cadence of
Accountability—leaders can
produce breakthrough results,
even when executing the strategy requires a significant change
in behavior from their teams.
“4DX is not theory. It is a
proven set of practices that
have been tested and refined by
hundreds of organizations and
thousands of teams over many
years. When a company or an
individual adheres to these disciplines, they achieve superb
results—regardless of the goal.
‘4DX’ represents a new way of
thinking and working that is
essential to thriving in today’s
competitive climate. ‘The 4
Disciplines of Execution’ is one
book that no business leader
can afford to miss,” according
to Publisher Free Press.
I Know What I’m
Doing -- and Other
Lies I Tell Myself
Dispatches from a Life
Under Construction
By Jen Kirkman
“New York Times’ bestselling
author and stand-up comedian
Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning 40,
and still not quite having life
figured out.
“Jen Kirkman wants to be the
voice in your head that says,
‘Hey, you’re OK.’ Even if you
sometimes think you aren’t!
And especially if other people
try to tell you you’re not.
“In ‘I Know What I’m Doing—
and Other Lies I Tell Myself,’
Jen offers up all the gory details
of a life permanently in progress. She reassures you that
it’s OK to not have life completely figured out, even when
you reach middle age (and find
your first gray pubic hair!). She
talks about making unusual or
unpopular life decisions (such
as cultivating a ‘friend with
benefits’ or not going home for
the holidays) because you don’t
necessarily want for yourself
what everyone else seems to
think you should. It’s about
renting when everyone says
you should own, dating around
when everyone thinks you
should settle down, and traveling alone when everyone pities
you for going to Paris without
a man.
“From marriage to divorce and
sex to mental health, ‘I Know
What I’m Doing—and Other
Lies I Tell Myself’ is about embracing the fact that life is a bit
of a sh*t show and it’s definitely more than OK to stay true
to yourself,” according to Publisher, Simon & Schuster.
The Cookies & Cups
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dessert blog, ‘Cookies & Cups.’
With recipes ranging from the
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In The Spotlight
By Debbie L. Sklar
Age Well Senior Services CEO Honored for Decades of Elder Care
Dr. Marilyn Ditty is the March/April Oliver Halsell Care Award Winner
Dr. Marilyn Ditty’s commitment and compassion to seniors
in Orange County truly embodies the phrase “going above and
beyond.” In her more than 20
years as founder and CEO of
Laguna Woods-based nonprofit
Age Well Senior Services (Age
Well), Dr. Ditty has embraced
seniors in the community –
physically and metaphorically
– to provide them with the services needed to live long, independent and meaningful lives.
As a respected gerontologist
and tireless advocate for seniors, Dr. Ditty has made it her
life’s work to create Orange
County programs aimed at
helping elders learn and thrive
through the later stages of life.
Since establishing Age Well,
she has been a trailblazer in the
senior care field, serving as a
voice for those whose voice has
been quieted by age. Her work
with elders stems from a deep
passion to provide the utmost
care for the rapidly growing
Orange County elder community and change their lives for
the better.
about providing them
with an enjoyable life
worth living,” said Ditty.
“It’s humbling to receive
the Care Award and I’m
grateful to Fairhaven for
recognizing the important gifts seniors still
have to offer.”
Dr. Ditty will be honored at Fairhaven’s Oliver Halsell Care Awards
banquet in November
at Fairhaven’s Mission
Viejo location.
with the Care Awards,” said
Marla Noel, president of Fairhaven. “She handles difficult
elder care issues with grace and
a quiet reserve and is knowledgeable beyond words. The
imprint she continues to make
on the Orange County senior
population is indelible – and
establishes a lasting legacy of
community service.”
In fact she was recently honored with the Fairhaven Care
Awards.
Fairhaven Memorial Park &
Mortuary created the Oliver
Halsell Care Awards recognition program in 2012 to pay
tribute to individuals who have
demonstrated exceptional care
in their profession and community, improving the lives and
spirits of those they help.
“Dr. Ditty is one of the most
dedicated caregivers we’ve
had the honor of recognizing
“Age Well is not only about
helping seniors in the community live longer lives, but also
Here is more about Dr. Ditty
Q: Where were you born and
raised?
A: I was born in Indiana and
raised in Cincinnati. I completed undergraduate work at
Miami University; a Masters at
University of San Diego; post
graduate work at USC, gerontology major; completed Doctoral work at University of La
Verne.
Q: How did you land in this
field?
A: I have had three different
careers: school teacher, reading specialist and Dean at San
Diego Community College
District. I also taught at USC,
ULV, Saddleback College and
Orange Coast College. Then I
founded the San Clemente Seniors, which started in San Clemente with volunteers. When I
went to work with them, we incorporated the organization and
filed for tax exemption. The
organization has grown in the
last 37 years to South County
Senior Services, and is now
Age Well Senior Services, Inc.
Q: What did your parents do?
A: My mom was a caregiver
for the elders in the family.
She wanted to finish nursing
but was unable to finish due to
caring for others.
Q: What is the best part of your
job?
A: The field of gerontology
started at USC with the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. The field has grown nationally and is now recognized. The
greatest need today is for more
formally trained people in the
field including geriatricians. I
have done a lot of work over
the years in developing senior
housing and especially affordable senior housing. The best
part of my job is working with
staff that truly cares about the
seniors and their families.
Q: Dreams as a child in terms
of career?
A: I wanted to be a teacher.
Q: The most difficult?
A: The most difficult part of my
job is always raising funds to
keep the programs going when
the government pulls back and
decides not to fund an important program. An example is:
Shared Housing for Seniors. It
was defunded and the money
isn’t there to now put it on line
and truly help with the housing
shortage in Orange County.
Q: Family?
A: I have been married twice
and I have two sons. Both of
my sons are Eagle Scouts and
my oldest son is still active in
the National Scouting Organization.
Q: Three things you like?
A: I enjoy helping women
through the WomanSage, an organization I helped Jane Glenn
Haas start to assist women going through difficult times in
their lives. I keep very active
in my church and feel faith is
very important as people come
to grips with ‘end of life issues.’
Q: Words of wisdom?
A: Everyone is going to be a
caregiver at some time in their
life.
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also saw thousands of people
attend a Mother’s Day event
at one of Wanamaker’s retail
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Tinseltown Talks
By Nick Thomas • All photos provided by Peter Mark Richman
Peter Mark Richman: The Pharmacist-Turned-Actor
Recognized for hundreds of
television roles dating back to
the 1950s, Peter Mark Richman broke into film alongside
Gary Cooper in the 1956 civil
war western, “Friendly Persuasion.”
“But I’m not only an actor,
I’m also a playwright,” noted
Richman, who turned 89 in
April, from his home in Los
Angeles. “’A Medal for Murray’ just finished a 2-year run
in Israel and it toured Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem, and Haifa.”
Richman was doing a scene
from his play in Los Angeles
several years ago with Sean
Penn’s mother, Eileen Ryan.
Afterward, he was approached
by noted Israeli actress Efrat
Lavie during her visit to the
U.S.
“She loved the play but was
heading back to Israel and
Peter Mark Richman early and current publicity photos
wanted to take a copy of the
script back home with her,”
Richman said. “The next thing
I knew, it was translated into
Hebrew and became a smash
hit over there.”
But years before he entered
the world of arts and entertainment, a family member almost
pressed young Mark down a
different career path.
“My father died when I was
16 and my brother was kind
of a surrogate father,” recalled
Richman. “He was a pharmacist and I worked in his store
as a teenager. He thought I
should get a real education so
I ended up reluctantly going to
pharmacy school. I expected
to flunk out after 6 weeks but
stuck it out, graduated, and became a licensed pharmacist in
two states.”
However, the attraction of the
stage proved more enticing
than dispensing penicillin.
“I managed a drugstore for
a year, but always wanted
to act,” said Richman, who
studied at New York’s Actors
Studio before finding his way
onto the East Coast stages in
the early 1950s.
Peter Mark Richmand L, meets Gary Cooper in Friendly Persuasion
(1956) along with Anthony Perkins. Dorothy McGuire and Phyllis Love
“I was touring in a play called
‘The Rainmaker’ with Eva
Marie Saint in New England
when my agent called to say
producer/director William Wyler wanted me to do a screen
test for ‘Friendly Persuasion.’ I
caught a private plane out west
and got the role.”
Richman says working with
Cooper, a living legend in
1956, was a joy. “He was just
terrific, a hell of a guy, and
very learned – far from the
‘yup’ character he is often depicted as in some films. When
exchanging dialogue, he really
digested what you said before
replying – there was a thinking
process going on rather than
just reciting lines.”
In addition to acting and writing plays, novels and short
stories, Richman is also a
prolific artist (see www.petermarkrichman.com) and enjoys
painting figurative expressionist portraits, holding numerous
one-man shows over the years.
“I’m a real painter, not a celebrity artist,” he stresses. “I
began painting in oils when I
was 12 and have a good background in the mechanics of
faces and figures.”
Richman has a major writing
project in the works, too. “I
also finished my autobiography and have high hopes for its
publication – it’s called ‘I Saw
a Molten White Light.’”
But he continues to be visible
as a frequent character on cable TV through reruns of dozens of classic TV shows such
as “Matlock,” “Murder She
Peter Mark Richman in one of his
many TV roles - with the cast of
Three’s Company
Wrote,” and “Three’s Company.”
“I appeared in over 500 TV episodes,” he said, “I played a lot
of doctors, but never did play a
pharmacist!”
Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews
for more than 600 magazines
and newspapers.
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The Gadget Geezer
By Les Goldberg
Gardening Bits & Bytes
It’s a fact of life, technology
is everywhere.
It surveils,
analyzes, manufactures, operates our cars (soon to drive
them), orders groceries, lets
us buy products without leaving our recliners and yes, even
does our gardening. Growing
plants and vegetables is getting
“greener” in every sense of the
word, so with spring springing
up all around us, I thought you
should know about some innovations. Read on:
The VegiBee
using his $50 rechargeable
model, his harvest increased by
38 percent.
G-Max Pole Saw
PlantLink
GreenWorks Inc. has introduced the cordless and rechargeable
battery-powered
G-Max pole saw for trimming
plants and trees in high places.
A collapsible shaft extends
from 5 to 8 feet. Available on
Amazon for $170.
Netatmo
Weather Station
Resembling an electric toothbrush, the VegiBee is a wand
that is held close to a flower
on a tomato plant. Its 44,000
vibrations per minute movement gently shake pollen into
a plastic spoon that comes with
the package. The female part
of another flower is dipped into
the pollen and the process is
repeated. The inventor, Bill
Whaley, a former department
store executive, was disappointed about his weak tomato
plant yield in his garden. Since
experts to help you identify
whatever
is
plaguing your
plants. Simply take and
submit a photo
of the affected
plant, and each
member
of
the team will
evaluate the
situation and
offer solutions.
Available at
your nearest
Apple Store.
Do you have a not-so-green
thumb? Do your plants tend to
die more often than they live?
If so, you might want to try the
new PlantLink, a wireless sensor that you stick into the soil
where you are planting. It will
transmit data such as oil moisture to your phone, online or
a base station in your home.
Designed to prevent accidental
plant death, it is available on
Amazon for $39.45.
Garden Compass
Plant and Disease
Identifier
This personal weather station
monitors indoor and outdoor
environments.
It measures
CO2 content and provides the
local Air Quality Index report
in real-time.
The Netatmo,
$149 on Amazon, links to your
Smartphone.
Speaking of plant health, The
Garden Compass Plant and
Disease Identifier is a new, free
iOS (Apple) App that connects
you with a team of horticultural
Tower Garden
Using the same NASA-inspired technology as mentioned earlier – aeroponics – The
Tower Garden by Juice
Plus, Inc. is revolutionizing do-it-yourself gardening.
The company’s research shows
that Tower Garden, which does
not require soil, only water and
nutrients, grows plants three
times faster and produces an
average 30 percent greater harvest. And what does planting
without soil mean? No weeds
or pesticides.
Because of its vertical, compact design and closed-loop
system technology, Tower
Garden requires as little as 10
percent of the land and water
traditional growing methods
use, making it ideal for sunny
small spaces, such as balconies,
patios, rooftops and rooms with
grow lights.
The Tower Garden Growing
System, priced at $45.25 per
month for 12 months, includes
the tower, pump, timer, drain
tube, pH test kit and one bottle each of pH adjusters, and a
seed-starting kit with germination tray, 20 Rockwood cubes,
vermiculite and net pots. You
also get seeds for non-GMO
basil, Beefsteak tomatoes, bell
peppers, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant and gourmet lettuce. Accessories such
as grow lights, support cages,
plant dollies and
others can
total more
than $400.
If
you
are serious about
your garden, want healthier plants and
vegetables, and don’t want to
get your hands dirty, let technology do its thing.
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Sophia Loren
In 1960, Sophia turned in the
most acclaimed performance of
her career in the Italian World
War II film “Two Women.”
In a film with parallels her
own childhood, Loren played
a mother desperately trying
to provide for her daughter in
war-ravaged Rome. The film
transformed Loren into an international celebrity, winning
her the 1961 Academy Award
for Best Lead Actress. She was
the first actress ever to win the
award for a non-English-language film.
Throughout the 1960s, Loren
continued to star in Italian,
American and French films, cementing her status as one of the
great international movie stars
of her generation. Her most
notable 1960s performances
include “Yesterday, Today,
and Tomorrow” (1963), which
won the Oscar for Best Foreign
Film; “Marriage, Italian Style”
(1964), for which she earned
another Oscar nomination for
Best Actress, and “A Countess
from Hong Kong” (1967), costarring Marlon Brando.
Off the Set
Sophia Loren moved back
to her native Italy during the
1970s and spent most of the
decade making highly popu-
lous in high heels and low-cut
dresses.
However, after more than 100
films and five decades in the
spotlight, Loren remains true to
her humble Italian roots.
lar Italian films. She had given
birth to two sons, Carlo Hubert
Leone Ponti, Jr. (born Dec. 29,
1968) and Edoardo (born Jan.
6, 1973).
During the 1980s she backed
off her intense filming schedule to spend more time raising
her teenaged children while
expanding into other business
ventures. She became the first
female celebrity to release her
own perfume, before introducing her own line of personal
eyewear.
In 1994 she published a book,
“Women and Beauty,” and
continues to act and appear
frequently in public as one of
the film industry’s greatest living legends. Some of her more
popular and acclaimed later
films include “Prêt-à-Porter”
(1994), “Grumpier Old Men”
(1995) and “Nine” (2009).
And now?
Loren retains her youthful energy and age-defying hourglass
physique. She still can be seen
strutting down the Red Carpet
at award shows, looking fabu-
Perhaps the best evidence of
this is the fact that as an actress
Loren has always delivered her
best and most acclaimed performances playing salt-of-earth
women, not bombshell heroines.
Now a resident of Geneva,
Switzerland, Loren continues
to see the world as a place full
of beauty:
“I always wake up early and
jump out of bed—sometimes
not wanting to, because one
can always find an alibi not
to exercise—and then I take a
walk for an hour. And as I walk
round the park I always think,
‘Maybe round the corner I am
going to find something beautiful.’ I always think positively.
It is very rare that you find me
in a mood that is sad or melancholic.”
MAY 2016
Crossing boundaries
with Chris Botti:
Pacific Symphony Pops welcomes back the
soulful and supremely talented trumpeter for
an all-new show featuring jazz, pop and more
The world’s most popular
trumpeter—Chris
Botti—returns to Pacific Symphony for a
concert overflowing
with his astute mastery, as he effortlessly
crosses the boundaries
of jazz, classical, rock
and pop. With polished
charm and mesmerizing trumpeting skills,
the talented musician/
composer takes wellknown pop ballads
and transforms them
into a soulful mix of
grace, warmth and
beautiful tones. Returning by
popular demand for an all-new
show, Botti makes his fourth
Pacific Symphony appearance
for a night of heart-melting,
expressive music, backed by
the lush sounds of the orchestra. Officially the best-selling
instrumental artist in America,
Botti performs worldwide, has
received multiple Gold, Platinum and Grammy Awards and
sold more than four million
copies of his albums, including his latest Grammy-winning
“Impressions.”
“Chris Botti has a trumpet
sound that suggests the softer
side of luminosity, the realm
of sunsets and half-moons and
low-wattage
incandescence.
Mellow and pearly, it emits an
unabashed beauty of the sort
that you could carefully build
a career around—as Mr. Botti
has, with extravagant success.”
— The New York Times
Led by guest conductor AlbertGeorge Schram, the orchestra
is joined by the charismatic
trumpeter on Friday and Saturday, May 13-14, at 8 p.m.,
in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Tickets are
$40-165 (and are selling fast).
For more information or to
purchase tickets call (714) 7555799 or visit www.PacificSymphony.org.
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33rd Annual California Strawberry Festival
A Traditional Tasty Tribute in the Golden State
Strawberry revelry is ripest when the 2016 California
Strawberry Festival gets underway with its 33rd seasonal
celebration May 21 and 22,
2016 on 15 picturesque acres
at Strawberry Meadows of College Park in Oxnard. It’s an
iconic berry event of epic proportions.
Ranked nationwide among
the top outdoor Festivals, the
fruity fete boasts lip-smacking strawberries every way
imaginable, live concerts on
two stages, more than 200
Fine Arts & Crafts booths, the
Strawberry Promenade with
celebrity cooking demonstrations, Strawberryland For Kids
with rides and attractions, and
wholesome, gooey contests,
appealing to all ages.
An estimated 1.5 million strawberries will be consumed over
the weekend where the regions most prolific crop is the
main ingredient for fun. If you
haven’t had strawberry pizza
alongside a strawberry beer,
you haven’t been to the Festival. Or perhaps the strawberry
nachos, strawberry funnel cake,
strawberry crepes, chocolate
dipped strawberries, or fried
strawberries, are more your
style. With selections from 50
food booths, those who wish
to control their destiny should
head to the “build you own”
strawberry shortcake tent to
pile on the goodness or enter the “Strawberry Shortcake
Build Off” contest.
Best of all, indulging is guilt
free. With each bite of berry
bliss from the non-profit food
booths, 100% of sales support
their causes. The formula has
proved to be a fruitful enterprise with more than $4.5 million dollars benefiting a multitude of southland charities over
the past decades.
Serving up wholesome family fun while
paying tribute
to the region’s
rich agricultural heritage and
giving back, is
what the Festival is all about.
“We
work
year round for
an event that
takes
place
in 48 hours,”
says California Strawberry
Festival Chairperson
Kim
Gibas.
“As
volunteers,
we’re committed to hosting
an exceptional
celebration
that brings family and friends
together for a great time.” She
adds, “We strive to top the experience year after year.”
Where else can you throw
strawberries at your best friend
in the Tart Toss Contest, or eat
a strawberry pie by literally
putting your face in it at the Pie
Eating Contest?
Oxnard is located just 60 miles
north of Los Angeles and 30
miles south of Santa Barbara.
The free Park & Ride “Strawberry Express” shuttles from
multiple convenient locations
off the 101 freeway make getting there a breeze. Amtrak
California offers a special Kids
Ride Free promotion Festival
weekend (shuttles meet the
trains). Parking is also available on site for $10. Address:
3250 South Rose Avenue, Oxnard.
California Strawberry Festival
general admission is $12, seniors 62+ are $8, and children
ages 5-12 are $5. Kids 4 and
under are free. Active military
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Hours are 10:am to 6:30pm.
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Survey Finds Health Care Concerns
Americans
According to a recent Morning Consult survey, one thing
American voters are worried
sick about is health care.
The availability and affordability of quality health care services are top concerns among U.S.
registered voters, according
to the study commissioned by
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One-quarter of respondents
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to quality health care services
when needed, with 63 percent
of Americans expressing concerns about accessing medical
facilities, such as hospitals and
pharmacies, and 70 percent citing concern about the ability
to see a doctor on short notice.
The survey also found out-ofpocket expenses to be a major
concern among Americans,
with nine in 10 respondents
reporting unease about the
cost of health care. People are
not only uncertain of their access to quality health care services when needed, but more
than three-quarters are also
concerned about the quality of
health care services they receive, with 71 percent expressing concern about medical error.
Reasons and Answers
“The recruitment and training
of qualified health professionals has not kept pace with our
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Snakes
By Robert E. Horseman, DDS
Call me prejudiced. Label
me paranoid, biased and ignorant if you like, especially
if you are larger than I am,
but the fact of the matter is, I
don’t like snakes. This reptilian anathema goes back to the
early days of my Boy Scout
career. Prior to my induction
into the BS of A, I considered
snakes were just over-achieving worms, just as a rat was
a buff mouse. But every Boy
Scout worthy of his Tenderfoot
badge soon learns that snakes
present such a life-threatening
hazard that an entire section in
the BSA Handbook is devoted
to coping with anticipated encounters with them.
Our motto “Be Prepared” was
not a hollow challenge. We
had our tourniquet (neckerchief) and our Boy Scout knife
(precursor of the Swiss Army
knife) with its leatherpunch for
punching leather and its main
blade, so dull from playing
mumblypeg and carving trees
that it couldn’t slice margarine.
Armed with this snake bite
armamentarium, our instructions were clear: The moment
one of the 42 million species
of snakes bites you or a friend,
apply the tourniquet between
the bite and the victim’s heart.
The Handbook is assuming the
snake has had the decency to
not go for a mid-section or butt
bite. Tighten until the extremity turns indigo, then grasping
the Scout knife firmly, slice
an “x” over each fang puncture until the area hemorrhages freely. Sometimes a sock
stuffed into the victim’s mouth
helps reduce distractions. The
rescuer places his mouth over
the puncture/slice wounds and
sucks out the snake’s venom,
being careful not to swallow
it. It is then discreetly expectorated in a downwind fashion
as approved by the EPA. By
this time, the snake, not being
of a poisonous variety in the
first place, has laughed itself to
death and is no longer a threat.
I understand this technique is
no longer in common usage.
Even twelve-year-old boys not
subject to the civilizing influences of society, found this
procedure disquieting, so it has
been supplanted with a more
modern treatment wherein the
offending snake is counseled
and given a severe reprimand.
The victim may or may not be
covered by his HMO at the
discretion of his Primary Care
Provider.
Too late for me, however. My
antipathy toward snakes is too
deeply rooted to be influenced
by herpetologists’ unconvincing explanations of their gen-
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the ecology.
In my view, every snake is a
flexible, protein-based tube
of neurotoxins. Its one purpose in life is to propel itself
straight for my jugular where
the
tourniquet/
scout knife technique is not applicable. The fact
that I have not
seen a snake for
upwards of thirty
years is no excuse
to relax my vigilance.
All of which explains why I was visibly shaken recently when my granddaughter announced that if we
expected her to emerge from
her high school biology class
with anything more than a C-,
it would be expedient to purchase a snake for her and a
receptacle to contain it. What
role the snake would play in
the furtherance of her education was not clear, but its procurement was not to be denied.
There are actually reptile
stores, upscale boutiques
where exotic vertebrates are
offered to reptilian aficionados
at equally exotic prices. We are
in one now, my granddaughter
and I, peering gingerly in at a
colorful variety of snakes, lizards, chameleons and turtles.
The captive denizens are staring back, transfixed as if fashioned of stone.
“Here’s a nice corn snake,”
says the pony-tailed, eyebrowpierced youth serving us. The
snake is about 18 inches long,
banded orange and white. I
concede that it might be considered attractive, much like a
4-alarm fire silhouetted against
an evening sky might enthrall
an arsonist. Another snake
of the opposite gender might
even offer a judgement of
Hubba, Hubba! The snake and
I maintain our distance and
regard each other with mutual
loathing.
My dislike for snakes is scientifically based on these factors: 1. Locomotion. The verb
“slither” had to be coined for
snakes. Should it ever become
necessary for you to inspect
the underside of a snake, even
though common sense dictates
otherwise, you’ll notice it has
no legs or feet. If it were human, it would be a quadriplegic and could park in restricted
zones. In spite of this handicap, a really fast snake on Full
Red Alert has been clocked at
8 MPH. Not too impressive
when you realize that a person
being chased by an 8 MPH
snake can easily top 52 MPH.
The slithering is accomplished
by one of four methods: The
Undulating Crawl or Serpentine, the Caterpillar or rectilinear, the Sidewinder and the
Concertina. All four methods
of locomotion are unnatural,
if not actually obscene, and I
don’t want to talk about them
any more.
Reason number 2 why snakes
and I are not pals is that they
are inarticulate. They do not
bark, moo, meow, chirp nor
quack. Compared to a snake,
a mime is a regular chatterbox.
You can’t call, “Here, boy!
C’mon let’s go for a slither.”
No. They hiss. They stare at
you with those slit eyes, flick
that forked tongue and they
hiss. I cannot be simpatico
with anything that hisses and
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slithers. Or scuttles. A forthright animal worthy of trust
does not scuttle.
Assuming that the snake, in
order to survive even one semester of biology, must eat
something, I questioned the
Snake Man about the dietary
requirements of our purchase.
I figure a corn snake eats corn,
right? Wrong. “Mice. He eats
mice,” he said.
“Well, that’s unfortunate, we
don’t have any mice. Let’s
go,” I whispered to my granddaughter.
“Not a problem,” interrupted
the Snake Man. “We have
plenty of mice right here.” He
indicated a cage where dozens
of tiny mice, hairless, sightless
and unsuspecting, stumbled
around in sweet rodent innocence.
Out of respect for your sensibilities I will spare you the
gruesome details, but take my
word, there is no sight more
hurtful to the human psyche
than witnessing a snake devouring a live mouse. Forever
verdant in my memory is the
vision of the unhinged jaw, the
slow, peristaltic bulge moving
tailward, the mouse’s tail still
signaling fruitlessly as it disappears.
It’s the stuff of nightmares and
the orgy repeats every week
as long as the snake is our responsibility. We are petitioning the Guidance Counselor
for a transfer to Early American Folk Dancing.
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Playing Video Games May Improve Memory
Recent research from the University of California, Irvine
suggests that the exploration of
3D virtual environments that
are found within modern day
video games, may provide the
brain with meaningful stimulation and improve memory.
A study appearing in the Journal of Neuroscience (December 2015) suggests that specifically three-dimensional video
games can boost performance
on memory tests by up to 12
percent. Researchers note that
this is typically the percentage
of memory function lost between the ages of 45 and 75.
“Just by playing a commercial
video game and by exploring
the world in it, you seem to get
better in your ability to learn
and remember details of other
events,” states Craig Stark,
Professor of Neurobiology and
Behavior and principal investigator of the study.
(Super Mario 3D World) for
30 minutes every day over two
weeks. There was also a group
that didn’t play any games, to
establish a baseline. Cognitive
and memory tests were performed by the students before
and after the two weeks. While
the the control group and the
participants who played the
2D game didn’t show any improvement, the scores of the
3D gamers jumped by 12 percent.
In the study, 69 college students (who weren’t already
gamers) were split into three
groups. Two groups were assigned to play either a 2D game
(Angry Birds), or a 3D game
A separate group of competitive gamers were also tested
on the standardized memory
test. Professional 2D game
competitors, who play Super
Smash Bros, were compared
to professional 3D competitors, who play League of
Legends. In these studies, 3D
games were classified as those
who had a perceived depth that
players could explore, rather
than side-scrolling games. Results showed that League of
Legends players ranked higher
on average by about 10 percent, close to the non-gamer
scoring.
Researchers draw their knowledge of why this might be happening from research in rats.
They’ve seen before in studies that this kind of 3-dimensional, detail-rich video games
stimulates the hippocampus,
which controls spatial memory
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in the brain. Video games, in
essence, can serve as enrichment for the brain.
“These are early days for this
research,” Stark said. “But it
suggests that there is something to the ‘use it or lose it’
hypothesis of cognitive function.”
The study showed promise for
memory growth in college-age
humans, but the team’s next
step is to see if similar principles apply to fixing memory loss in older people. “If
playing video games or other
means of ‘environmental enrichment’ can serve to do the
same thing,” Stark said. “We’d
have another approach to ameliorate the memory loss associated with aging.”
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Key West, the Conch Republic
Story and Photos by Ronnie Greenberg
Strung out southwest of the
Gulf Stream in the Florida
Keys, Key West is the southernmost of a 100 mile string
of lush coral islets. The islands
are connected by a scenic road
and numerous bridges called
the Overseas Highway. As the
last island on the Highway,
Key West, strategically located
in the Florida straits, prides itself on being the southernmost
city of the continental United
States. With breezes from the
Gulf of Mexico blowing warm
in the winter and cool in summer, it enjoys the ultimate
tropical climate.
Its honkytonk ambience mimics the rhythm and flavor of
the Caribbean, with emerald
green and turquoise waters
that are immersed with splendid tropical fish and aquatic
plants. Water temptations are
many, including snorkeling,
scuba diving, wreck diving, jet
skiing, windsurfing, kayaking
and parasailing. For the fishermen, there’s world-class deep
sea and flats sport fishing for
tarpon, snapper, yellowtail,
Welcome to Key West
billfish, marlin, sailfish, bluefish, kingfish, shark and barracuda. Surrounded by state and
federal wildlife preserves and
uninhabited islands, it is a haven for nature lovers.
Margaritaville
Key West also lovingly known
as Margaritaville, is 5 miles
by 2 miles of tropical splendor
set off with spectacular seaside sunsets. Emerging from
its rich green foliage are tropi-
Mel Fisher’s Maritime Heritage Museum
cal
blooms
and beautiful
Chinese fan
palms,
banana palms,
fishtail palms,
Spanish lime,
Spanish laurel,
tourist
trees
(they’re
red
and peeling)
rubber trees,
and West Indian mahogany.
Here in this
Conch
Republic, life is
contemporary,
fun, and definitely funky!
industry turned to ship fitting,
turtling, salt manufacturing,
sponges, and cigar making,
a trade brought in by Cuban
refugees. In 1912 the overseas railroad
built by railroader and resort
developer Henry Flagler connected the obscure island to
mainland Florida and the continent. The mode of transportation remained until a hurricane demolished the railroad
in 1935, and it was replaced by
the overseas highway in 1938.
Over a century ago, the charming streets and lanes of historic
Key West were home to artists,
topped with widow walks used
to overlook wrecks and prey
on shipwrecked travelers.
People, Homes
Old mansions from the gilded
Victorian age built by ship carpenters each having their own
style of architecture as unique
as their signature. Homes with
ornate trellises, influenced
from New Orleans in the deep
south, and Bahamian louvered
shutters from the Bahamas, as
well as the unique Eyebrow
houses (with overhangs) all
dot the island.
The people form an eclectic
array of characters and per
Background
This historical and culturally
rich island was discovered by
Ponce de Leon in 1513 and
was claimed for Spain. The
projection between the Gulf
of Mexico, and the Atlantic
Ocean, made it a haven for pirates, Spanish adventurers and
wreckers. When Florida became part of the United States
in 1821, the most profitable
enterprise in the Keys was the
salvaging of cargoes from the
ships venturing too close to the
reef off the coast of the Keys.
Hurricanes also played havoc
and treasure ships and merchant vessels often fell victim
to pirates. In 1822, the United
States Navy launched a campaign to rid the Caribbean of
piracy, and the United States
Army constructed lighthouses
to guide ships safely around
treacherous reefs. By 1831
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writers, rum-runners, wreckers and salvagers. The fanciful
architecture of the island is in
evidence in the Bahamian and
Creole cottages, Victoria gingerbread homes, and beautifully crafted, weathered old 19th
century homes set back behind
white picket fences. You will
be enthralled with the New
England influenced houses
with columns, beveled glass,
ginger-jars and oil lamps,
sonalities. Natives are called
Conchs, and are a mixture of
Bahamian, Cuban, and New
England seafarers, many going
back over seven generations.
Famous Folks
During the depression, writers and artists, captivated by
the laid-back lifestyle, set up
shop and paved the way for
the influx of poets, painters,
novelists, playwrights, and
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Key West, the Conch Republic Continued
reef that parallels the island
chain.
musicians. Outstanding was
Ernest Hemingway, whose
love of life made Key West an
ideal home. The Nobel Prize
winning author lived here in
his most productive years, l93l
to l940. He wrote his greatest
novels and short stories, and
fished every day in the waters
of the deep blue Gulf Stream.
Stop by Sloppy Joe’s Bar, a top
tourist attraction, and Hemingway legend in the Keys. Here
with his friend Joe Russell, the
owner, they kibitzed, drank,
and “solved the world’s problems!” Ernest Hemingway
died in 196l, and his home is
now a national historic landmark and museum.
Famous personalities who immortalized Key West include,
Tennessee Williams, John
Audubon, Robert Frost, Truman Capote, Thornton Wilder,
John dos Passos, Jimmy Buffet, Caesar Romero Alfred
Hitchcock, Shel Silverstein,
and Wallace Stevens.
Harry S. Truman enjoyed so
The Audubon House and
Tropical Gardens, Curry
Mansion Inn and Museum,
and Key West Butterfly &
Nature Conservatory are also
worth a visit.
Sloppy Joe’s Bar
many presidential days in this
tropical hideaway that his
home became known as the
“Little White House!”www.
trumanlittlewhitehouse.com
More Things to Do
Feast your eyes on one of the
largest collections of Spanish
New World artifacts and treasures at Mel Fisher’s Maritime Heritage Society and
Museum. Silver, gold ingots,
and emeralds, are among the
objects that were found in the
wreckage of Atocha, and Santa
Margarita, that were driven
off course by hurricanes in the
Florida Straits in l622. The
Key West Sculpture
Stroll down Jimmy Buffet’s
famous Carolina Street which
is one of the loveliest in Key
West.
Santa Margarita was found in
l980, and the Atocha in l985.
www.melfisher.org
West Resort & Marina, Doubletree Grand Key Resort,
Marriott Courtyard Waterfront, Island City House Hotel
to charming cottages and Inns.
Where to Dine
Dining is a range of culinary
delights intertwining the flavors of the Conch republic,
from ethnic to exotic. Charming sidewalk cafes, pubs, and
upscale restaurants serve delicious Florida lobster, shrimps,
Don’t miss Key West’s
Aquarium, showcasing more
than 200 species of marine
animals found in the waters of
the Florida Keys, www.keywestaquarium.com
Browse the Key West Museum of Art and History located in the old Custom House. It
houses the largest collection
of Hemingway personal possessions in Key West, as well
as the delightful painted wood
carvings of Folk Artist Mario
Sanchez.
Explore the Florida Keys
Eco-Discovery Center, an environmental facility that offers
a way to experience the Keys’
underwater ecosystem without
getting wet. The 6,400-squarefoot center showcases the
Keys’ underwater and upland
habitats, with an emphasis on
continental America’s only
living contiguous barrier coral
Bahamian and Victorian Gingerbread Houses
The legendary Duval Street
noted for shopping is also a
treat. Here you will find works
of art, unique crafts, dazzling
gems, and antique stores.
Along with Duval Street the
party center of Old Town,
night action is alive in the cafes and numerous clubs that
draw young Europeans who
listen to jazz and reggae while
sipping wine.
Where to Stay
Accommodations in Key West
range from beachside resorts
that include the Westin Key
stone crabs, conchs, Cuban
cuisine, Key Lime pie, and
conch chowder as specialties.
Although walking, scooters,
mopeds and bikes are ways
to get around, hop aboard a
Conch Tour Train that winds
through 14 miles in 90 minutes
for the best overall view of this
unstructured, fun and quirky
island. www.conchtrain.com
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Another sight seeing adventure
is onboard Old Town Trolley
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Life in Long Beach
By Lyn Jensen
Unemployed and older than 50?
Pay a visit to the Pacific
Gateway Workforce
Investment Network
Are you older than 50 and unemployed? There could be
help on your horizon.
You might want to consider
visiting the Pacific Gateway
Workforce Investment Network, a public agency serving the unemployed in Long
Beach and surrounding communities. Once there, you’ll
find training, counseling, and
other resources including a
computer lab.
“We provide workshops,
short-term vocational training, services for veterans, a
resource center, unemployment phones and computers,
community resources, and job
search assistance,” said Christopher Gallegos, the agency’s
communications specialist.
“All metropolitan areas are
provided with Federal funding
to make these services available, with that funding dependent on unemployment data
and community need. Long
Beach’s commitment to pro-
viding services to members of
the community, regardless of
age, has been a focus of the organization since its inception
back in 1995,” he said.
With a staff of about 50 and a
budget more than $17 million,
Pacific Gateway served about
2,200 job-seekers of all ages in
2015, Gallegos said.
As the economy
continues to struggle, Long Beach
seniors are seeking employment
in numbers similar to the general population.
According to the US Census
Bureau, a 2014 population estimate showed around 96,000
persons older than 55 living
in Long Beach. The estimated
unemployment rate for those
persons aged 55 to 64 was
fairly high, at 9.3 percent. For
those older than 65, the 2014
estimate was slightly lower,
between 5 and 7 percent, compared to 8 percent for the city’s
total population.
Speaking as someone who has
used Pacific Gateway services,
I particularly appreciate how it
provides access
to fax, copier, and
the Internet for
employment-related tasks. Having home Internet
access can get expensive if you’re
unemployed. Even if you have
access at home, you may not
have fax/copy capability, or
your computer may crash.
To get started at Pacific Gateway, you’ll have to register.
Bring your ID (such as your
driver’s license) and your Social Security card. You’ll be
asked to fill out some forms,
attend an information session,
and meet with a career specialist. You may sign up for
resume and interview workshops, too.
Gallegos provides special advice for seniors: “We encourage them to look into the Title V program. For beneficial
information about how earned
income impacts any senior receiving Social Security
benefits, they can contact the
Work Incentive Planning and
Assistance Program (WIPA) at
1-800-394-1282.”
Address: 3447 Atlantic Ave.,
Long Beach, CA 90807
Phone:
562-570-9675 or
1-800-292-7200
Web: www.pacific-gateway.
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Busy Boomers
Unbelievable
By Les Goldberg
Blacksmithing Brings Back Sights, Sounds of Old World
at plants and sold in hardware
stores. Then came the automobile, and the last days of wagon
makers ended by World War I.
As we get older, we often yearn
for a time when life was slower,
simpler and minus all the technology and modern tools that
occupy today’s world. Some
people watch old Western movies while others restore old cars
or visit museums to escape the
hustle and bustle and, just for
a brief moment, pretend to be
someplace else.
A prime example of this growing trend can be found at a
handful of California’s remaining blacksmith shops, including
those in Los Angeles, Orange
County and San Diego counties, where dedicated craftsmen
keep the art of blacksmithing
alive.
The History
Blacksmithing began with the
Iron Age, when primitive man
first discovered that a certain
type of rock produced iron
when heated by the coals of a
very hot campfire. Early man
learned how to convert the
crude metal into a useable tool
but it took 3,000 years before
the science of metallurgy was
created. After the first spear or
arrow tips were made, it would
take hundreds more years for
blacksmiths to understand the
magnetic properties of iron.
Compasses,
body
armor,
knives, swords, gun barrels and
horseshoes are just some of the
products to evolve from the
blacksmith’s hammer and anvil. Over the centuries, blacksmiths experimented with iron
and other metals in their search
for a more durable metal. The
hardening and tempering processes were invented. Punches
needed to be hard but not brittle. Knives needed to hold an
edge but not to be so hard that
it took a long time to sharpen
them.
By 1,500 BC, the European
Hittites had conquered presentday Syria and began smelting
iron. They were the first known
civilization to make wrought
iron. Centuries later, Damascus
would lend its name to patternwelded iron/steel which is very
strong and durable for making
knives and swords.
Blacksmithing in America
prospered until the Industrial
Age when it became obsolete.
By the late 1800s, the railroads
had linked the country and
hardware was manufactured
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The Studebaker family, blacksmiths first known for its
Conestoga wagons, was able
to make the transition to automobiles while others survived
specializing in decorative ironwork like iron bar security
windows and balcony railings.
Only in the last 40 years has
blacksmithing made a comeback, but in a much less industrial environment. Today, it exists at theme parks, restoration
villages, craft fairs and craft
shops, and very few remaining
authentic blacksmith shops.
Heritage Museum of Orange
County
3101 W. Harvard St.
Santa Ana, CA
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Tustin Blacksmith Shop
245 S. C St.
Tustin, CA
Adam’s Forge Blacksmithing
School
2640 N. San Fernando Road
Los Angeles
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Vista Forge
2040 N. Santa Fe Ave.
Vista, CA
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It is there that the art of blacksmithing is being carried on for
those who are old enough to
appreciate it and young enough
to learn about how history has
forged the present.
According to Bill Miller, a
founder for the OC Blacksmith
Guild, “When the first blacksmith began hammering on a
hot piece of iron, little did he
know how he was shaping the
future. He forged the tools that
made the machines that produce everything mankind has
today.
Locally, you can visit the following blacksmith shops to
observe and take classes in the
history of the craft, safety, tools
and materials, building a fire
and controlling heat and making products:
“The blacksmith was the pioneer of the technology that carried mankind from the Iron Age
to the Space Age. It can truly be
said that the first rocket to the
moon was virtually launched
from the face of an anvil.”
Orange County Blacksmith
Guild
with my wife to see if she had
touched any faucets outside
since I turned the water on and
the answer was no.
Now this is where it gets very
interesting. That very same
day, later in the evening, my
wife and I were sitting in the
living room watching television when I happened to look
up and glance at our batteryoperated clock above our fireplace. This is a clock that hasn’t
worked in years. It’s had the
batteries changed every year or
so just in case and it goes for 5
minutes and stops. In fact, my
neighbor who is a very handy
guy blew the dust out of it last
year and it worked for 24 hours
and stopped. I tried everything, resetting the time, changing the batteries and talking to
it. I gave up when each time
it stopped within hours. Now
as my wife and I looked on in
shock, the clock was going and
somehow it had the exact time,
yet, neither of us had set it or
looked at it for weeks.
Stuff like this doesn’t happen
but I am willing to take a lie detector test to attest that this did
and so is my wife. We are of
sound mind and are not playing
tricks on each other. Perhaps
the title to this article should
be “The Twilight Zone.” This
is all true and not an April fool
story.
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Making Laser Vision Correction Surgery
Affordable—A Look At The Options
With more than 600,000 procedures taking place every
year, laser vision correction
surgery—such as LASIK—remains an extremely popular
option for adults interested in
reducing or eliminating the
need for glasses or contacts to
see clearly. With an average
price of $4,500 for the most
advanced procedure, many
people interested in LASIK are
often challenged to find a way
to pay for it. Here are a few
suggestions from the American
Refractive Surgery Council:
• Of course, if you have enough
money on hand, paying for the
procedure yourself is naturally
the simplest option. You can
feel good about investing in
LASIK knowing the cost of
glasses and/or contact lenses
over a lifetime is far greater than the one-time cost of
LASIK.
• Many LASIK practices offer
payment plans for procedures.
Some programs are interestfree for a set period of time, but
make sure you understand all
the terms related to the amount
you borrow.
• Although most insurance
policies don’t cover elective
eye surgery, you should always check with your insurance company to confirm your
specific coverage and benefits.
There are a few policies that
offer coverage or discounts for
vision correction surgery.
• Credit options may help make
refund, or bonus allows you to
turn a financial windfall into a
significant lifestyle benefit: excellent vision.
LASIK affordable for you now
and allow you to pay back the
money you borrow over time.
Some credit cards with no or
very low interest rates and other
attractive offers such as no-fee
balance transfers can help you
pay for your procedure over
time without incurring additional expense. But, as with any
credit decision, make sure you
understand all the terms and
that it fits within your budget.
• Your job benefits may include access to Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA) and
Health Saving Account (HSA)
programs that allow you to set
aside tax-free money for your
procedure. By using tax-free
funds to pay for LASIK, you
effectively reduce the overall
cost of the procedure. However, for the tax year 2016, the
IRS limits an individual to up
to $2,550 in an FSA and up to
$3,350 in an HSA, which likely
won’t cover the cost of LASIK,
but will help. Married couples
and families have a higher contribution limit, $6,750 for an
HSA. Your company’s benefits
manager can advise you on the
specifics of your programs.
• Choosing to pay for your vision correction with cash gifts
from family or friends, a tax
• Depending upon your medical expenses for the tax year,
you may be able to deduct
some or all of the cost of your
LASIK procedure, which can
help make your vision correction surgery more affordable.
Laser vision correction procedures are a qualified medical deduction if you meet the
requirements, but confirm the
facts of your specific situation
with your tax professional.
The cost of LASIK is a significant amount of money for most
budgets. Weighing the options
for paying for laser vision correction surgery can help you
see how this one-time investment in excellent vision has
important lifestyle and financial benefits.
For more information, visit
https://americanrefractivesurgerycouncil.org/category/
investing-in-vision-correction.
Glasses and contacts aren’t for
everyone, which is why thousands of Americans are looking
into ways to pay for LASIK.
MAY 2016
Research Suggests More
Planning Needed
About 10,000 baby boomers retire every day across
America but research from the
Insured Retirement Institute
(IRI) has found they are losing
confidence in their ability to
attain financial security during
their retirement years. A 2015
study by the IRI found that
only 27 percent of boomers
are highly confident their savings will last throughout retirement. This is the lowest level
since 2011, when this annual
study began.
Retirement planning experts
say the lack of confidence
could be the result of a combination of factors that have
made saving for a secure retirement more difficult. These
factors include longer life
spans and thus potentially
longer retirements, uncertainty
with retirement programs such
as Social Security and Medicare, and the rising cost of
health care.
The survey found that many
boomers have not risen to the
challenge and have inadequate
savings for retirement. As a
result, they may need to work
longer than planned or face
steep cutbacks to make ends
meet in retirement.
“Unfortunately, many baby
boomers are unprepared for
retirement and few can be
absolutely certain their savings will last 20 to 30 years
after they have stopped working,” IRI President and CEO
Cathy Weatherford said. “But
there’s some good news in our
research. We have found—
overwhelmingly—that those
who have developed a holistic
retirement plan are by far the
most confident and best positioned to attain a financially
secure retirement.”
National Retirement Planning
Week® 2016 was April 11 to
15. Given the benefits of having a comprehensive retirement plan in place to guide
you to a secure retirement,
Americans are encouraged to
take some time to develop their
own plan. Those who have already done so are urged to review and update their plans.
To help with the process, the
National Retirement Planning Coalition established the
website www.RetireOnYourTerms.org, offering Americans
of all ages the latest retirement
planning information, tools
and resources. The site organizes these resources based on
life stages, ranging from students all the way to those in
their 70s and beyond.
Those who require additional
assistance and individualized
guidance are encouraged to
consult with a financial professional. Financial advisers can
help you explore your retirement needs and develop a savings plan to get there.
It’s never too soon or too late
to prepare for retirement.
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MAY 2016
Were The ‘Good Old Days’
Really That Good?
By Judith A. Rogow
While chatting with a friend the
other day he mentioned that his
children found it difficult to believe that telephones were once
wired to the wall or that Wi-Fi
didn’t exist.
My friend found it equally hard
to believe that we had an actual
party-line phone at our summer
home, or that you used a crank
and certain number of rings
to reach your party. He was
amused that people spent rainy
days listening to others’ talk,
and occasionally chiming in to
those chats.
This led to a conversation about
things that had changed from
my time to his, and those that
would further morph in the life
experience of the newest generations.
We are assured that cars in the
future will be self-driving, a far
cry from the thrill of your first
power steering equipped vehicle. Even now, paper maps
are becoming obsolete as GPS
units and Smartphones take
over guiding our travels. Soon,
gas or diesel will give way to
solar or electric power for cars,
just as the friendly attendants
who washed your windows,
and checked your oil and water have given way to ATM
payments and pump-your-own
fuel.
At the rate drone technology
is expanding, your grandchildren may be using them to go
to school, commute to work,
or attend social events. They
are already being considered
as delivery services and traffic
cameras.
A trip to the library to research
a project or term paper has devolved into a connection to the
Internet. Aside from missing
the dubious fun of looking up
data references and locations
in a card catalogue, this leaves
teens one less place to meet.
It’s hard to hold hands via Skype!
Admittedly, there are some
things that have greatly improved, but the excitement of
receiving a letter from your
“Pen Pal” cannot be duplicated. The stamps from another
country, the careful cursive
handwriting, the glimpse into
another culture, those were the
thrills of such letters.
Speaking of handwriting, now
that cursive has been erased
from current curricula and the
language of today seems to be
made up of Twit-speak – not to
mention that the rules of grammar have been discarded by
those under 30 – what will the
next generations use to communicate?
Facebook and Twitter have
taken the joy out of learning
about a new acquaintance.
When there are no surprises to
be discovered, boredom can set
in. Perhaps that’s the reason so
many marriages fail these days.
Music has changed in so many
ways — from the “Crooners”
to “Rock ’N Roll” to the current obscene noise that assaults
the ears – as has the way it is
heard.
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Key West
Where the pop of the cork is
the down-beat to party, Key
West celebrates “Sunset!”
With drinks in hand, revelers
gather every evening on Mallory Dock for this island tradition. Get to view this nightly
street carnival overlooking
Key West Harbor that lures
everything from fire-eaters to
high-wire walkers, jugglers,
mimes, artisans, and musicians, who toast the sun sinking into the Gulf of Mexico.
Now an international port, Key
West is a 35-minute flight from
Miami by commercial airlines,
or easily accessible via a seaplane adventure and splash
down in Key West Harbor.
It’s an exciting drive along the
Florida Keys on the overseas
highway, passing over the sea
and at times out of sight of
land.
For information visit www.flakeys.com
‘Good
Old Days’
tooth-enabled player the background sounds of a generation
have arrived in different ways
and, just as our parents hated
Elvis and his gyrations, many
parents today look in horror at
the Rappers who pollute the
airways. The difference is that
most of those efforts are heard
via headphones.
Will the next generation look
back at us and wonder how we
ever managed to survive, much
as we do when we consider
those who came out West in
ox carts? Will they find Smartphones to be as dumb as the old
wired ones?
What will their descendants
think of the products and services they take for granted?
Will they fight wars with
drones, listen to music that
sears the eardrums and ride in
cars that don’t require a driver?
Would you like to know? I’m
not sure I would!
MAY 2016
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How To Survive Seasonal Allergies
Allergies affect one in five
Americans and, for many of
them, springtime is the worst
season of all. That’s because
spring is the time of year when
tree pollens are in the air, causing seasonal allergic rhinitis
(inflammation of the nasal
mucous membrane). When
springtime follows a particularly wet winter, allergies triggered by tree pollen may increase. Making matters worse,
later in spring, grass pollen
also affects many of the same
people who are allergic to tree
pollen.
and/or runny nose, sneezing, red and itchy eyes and
a sore throat are among the
usual symptoms. But colds are
caused by the body’s natural
protective response to a virus,
while allergy symptoms are a
reaction by the body’s immune
system to a substance (known
as allergens) that is normally
harmless. In response to the
perceived threat of the presence of allergens, the body
produces histamines—chemicals that cause swelling in nasal passages, airways, skin and
even the intestinal tract.
The symptoms of seasonal
allergies are easy to confuse
with the common cold: stuffy
New research offers hope for
allergy vaccine
Recent scientific advances
continue to offer hope that
new approaches to controlling
allergies may yield dramatic
results in the near future.
One area of focus has been
research into the mechanism
by which the body learns to
incorrectly perceive allergens
as threatening. A team of scientists at McGill University
in Canada recently identified
a specific molecule—known
as STAT6—that plays a key
role in the development and
transmission of the body’s allergic responses. The researchers then developed a specific
“inhibitor peptide” (called
STAT6-IP) to block the action of STAT6. They tested
the inhibitor by administering
it in nasal droplets to newborn
mice.
Later, when they tried to stimulate allergic reactions in the
mice by exposing them to a variety of allergens, the mice that
had received the inhibitor nose
drops shortly after birth did not
develop allergic responses. As
a result of the early exposure
to the inhibitor, the scientists
concluded, the immune system
of the mice learned to tolerate
the allergens rather than to react defensively against otherwise harmless substances. The
scientists are hoping to apply
their findings in clinical trials
with humans in the near future,
offering hope for a potential
vaccine someday for allergies.
Strategies for controlling seasonal allergies
While researchers continue
to focus on a vaccine to control allergic responses, there
are steps you can take now to
help moderate the effects of allergens during peak seasonalallergy times. Here are some
time-proven tips to take control of seasonal allergies:
1. Minimize outdoor activities
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Peanuts, Peanut Butter May Hold Key To Preventing Obesity
Johnston said. “What we found
is that kids get home from
school around 4 p.m. There’s
less supervision by parents and
less structure. Kids are sitting
down at the TV and eating,
eating, eating,” he added.
Here’s good news about tasty
treats: Adolescents at high risk
for obesity significantly reduced their Body Mass Index
(BMI) by substituting peanuts and peanut butter for unhealthy snacks according to a
new USDA-funded study.
“Obesity is the most pressing
public health issue facing us
today,” said Dr. Craig Johnston, principal investigator
at the University of Houston.
“We’d like to think it’s preventable but until now there
haven’t been many studies
showing large scale effective
measures.”
Instructors guided over 250
adolescents through a program
of physical activity and nu-
trition education. About half
the students received an after
school snack of peanuts or
peanut butter about four times
a week, while the rest had peanuts less than once a week.
“We have a lot of kids skipping
meals for a lot of reasons,” Dr.
On average, American children consume between two
and three snacks a day, a quarter of their daily energy intake.
Data has shown that some children are actually eating snacks
up to ten times a day.
Peanuts and peanut butter were
chosen as snacks because they
are very high in protein—more
than any other nut, in fact. The
protein promotes the feeling of
fullness and cuts the number
of snacks needed. Peanuts also
have a very concentrated number of important nutrients.
Snacks in School at www.fns.
usda.govealthierschoolday.
Following the 12-week study,
students spent another 12
weeks maintaining the healthy
snacking habit. At the end,
those students who ate the
snack more regularly experienced a decrease in their overall BMI compared to those
who did not.
Researchers at University of
Houston, Baylor College of
Medicine and Texas Woman’s University conducted the
study. Their findings are published in the Journal of Applied Research on Children.
The new nutrition standards
for USDA’s Smart Snacks in
School highlight peanuts as
one of the healthiest snacks
with zero empty calories. The
standards apply to all snacks
sold during the school day in
cafeterias, vending machines,
school stores and snack carts.
You can read more about Smart
Learn More
For recipes and further facts
about the nutritional benefits
of peanuts and healthy snacking, visit www.peanutpower.
org or www.peanut-institute.
org.
Peanuts and peanut butter can
go a long way toward helping
young people grow up healthy.
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Improve Your Pet’s Health
And Your Own Wealth
You can now invest in your
pet’s health and happiness in
two special ways.
First, you can get a smart pendant that lets you track your
pet’s everyday physical activity, GPS location and overall
performance. Taking into account the animal’s breed, age
and weight, the device streams
data directly to a smartphone
app, available through the Apple Store and Google Play. The
app provides suggestions for
optimal food portions—veterinarians say dogs and cats
need far fewer calories than
most people think—and the
recommended exercise levels
your pet needs for a healthy
life. Called Canhe-Fit, it comes
from Nicolas Loiseau and Yohan Vigier, the co-founders of
Canhegat, the nutritional coach
for dogs and cats.
Next, you can contribute to
the Indiegogo campaign that
features several versions of
the Canhe-Fit product with a
host of special perks for early
backers. Various options for all
budgets include the opportunity to donate to an animal welfare association of your choice
and have the amount matched
up to 10 percent of your support. For an $80 donation, you
can get the Canhe-Fit product
and a leather bracelet with two
colored silicon caps and access
to a way to support the charity. A $25 donation gives you
a choice of pet toys. Various
other levels and prizes are also
available.
Expert Opinion
There are good reasons to get
involved in your pet’s health
and fitness. As Dr. Gregory S.
Hammer, past president of the
American Veterinary Medical
Association, said, “Through the
adoption of proper nutrition,
increased physical activity, and
regular veterinary visits, owners can help their best friends
live longer and healthier lives.
This is based on the scientific
evidence that obesity is not just
an appearance problem; it is a
condition that can lead to serious disease.”
Learn More
For further information on donation packages and the Indiegogo campaign, visit www.indiegogo.com/project/preview/
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company, visit www.canhegat.
com.
Monitoring a pet’s health is
now more efficient than ever
with ingenious technology.
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3. Close windows. If you suffer from allergies, resist the
temptation to open up the windows to the pleasant springtime air. Many people like to
sleep with windows open during the spring, which allows
more pollen to enter the home.
4. Keep the indoor air as clean
as possible. Use a high-performance air purifier, such as the
IQAir HealthPro Plus (www.
iqair.com), to remove allergens
from the air. Also, vacuum
frequently with a high-performance HEPA vacuum cleaner
to remove allergens that have
settled from the air.
These simple steps can reduce
the levels of airborne pollen
in your air at home, easing
your springtime allergies and
helping everyone in the house
breathe better during periods
when seasonal allergies are at
their highest levels.
Seasonal allergies are nothing
to sneeze at, but keeping the
air in your home as pollen- and
pollution-free as possible can
help.
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UCI Neuropsychiatric Center Joins Landmark Alzheimer’s
Disease Study Designed To Prevent Memory Loss
“A4” Study Seeks to Enroll 1,000 Healthy Adults
Most Studies Attempt to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease;
A4 Tests If We Can Prevent it
The Neuropsychiatric Research Program, located at
the UCI Medical Center, has
been selected to participate in
a landmark clinical trial to test
a specific way to prevent the
memory loss associated with
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in
adults who may be at increased
risk for developing the disease,
but who have no symptoms.
The study seeks to enroll 1,000
adults between the ages of 65 to
85 at trial sites across the United States, as well as Canada
and Australia. The Neuropsy-
chiatric Research Program is
actively seeking volunteers in
this age range who have normal
memory function.
Called ‘the Anti-Amyloid
Treatment in Asymptomatic
Alzheimer’s study’—or the A4
study—participants will test
whether a new investigational
antibody treatment can slow
memory loss that can be an
early symptom of AD. The development of amyloid plaques
in the brain has been linked
to AD, and this new treatment
is aimed at preventing those
plaques.
More than 5.3 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s
disease, and every 70 seconds,
another person develops the
illness. In California, 580,000
people are currently living with
Alzheimer’s. Finding a cure is
considered a pressing societal
need. While there is no cure for
AD, the goal of the A4 study is
to test a targeted investigational
treatment to determine whether
an anti-amyloid treatment can
prevent or delay Alzheimer’srelated memory loss.
“The impact of Alzheimer’s
disease is staggering not only
for those with the disease but
for their families. Many people
who have family members with
AD are worried if they themselves will also develop AD.
And there are also those who
have the AD risk factors without knowing it because they
don’t see any noticeable memory problems. For the very first
time, researchers are looking at
how to prevent memory loss in
those who have brain amyloid,
a plaque in the brain that is associated with AD.” said Steven
Potkin, MD, Director of the
UCI Neuropsychiatric Research Program participating in
the A4 study. “We are pleased
to be taking part in this important study to evaluate a treatment that has the potential to
decrease the risk of developing
Alzheimer’s disease. This treatment, if successful, will be a
future game changer for people
who may develop AD and for
their families. It is only through
participating in this kind of research that such breakthrough
therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and its prevention will be
found.”
The UCI Neuropsychiatric Research Program is looking for
study participants ages 65 to 85
who live in
or near Orange County or the
Riverside/Inland Empire area
and who may be at risk for
memory loss due
to Alzheimer’s disease, but
have no outward signs of the
disease. Physicians and re-
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Are You Worried About
Passing The Written
DMV Test
According to the LA Times,
you should be. They say that
50% of the first time takers
fail the test. That means that
nearly 400,000 Californians
fail the test every year. And
if you are a senior citizen, you
have to re-take that same test
starting at age 70.
For many people, reading a
driver’s manual makes comprehending the rules of the
road very difficult. That’s
why Powell Productions, an
Emmy award-winning firm in
Torrance, California, produced
“Passing the Written DMV
Test”. It’s an educational DVD
that translates all the information found in the sometimes
cumbersome Department of
Motor Vehicles handbook into
an easy 40-minute program
that guarantees viewers will
pass the written exam the first
time they take it or their money back.
The program can eliminate
the frustration that comes with
reading the driver’s manual,
which normally takes both
seniors and teenagers several
days to read. By incorporating
curity for every retiree in 2030.
That does not bode well for the
health of the program, especially since nearly one-fifth of
Americans will be 65 or older
in 2030.4
audio, visual and written cues
throughout the program, viewers learn the driving information in a fast, fun and friendly
manner. The program is based
on California Law, but works
for all 50 states and comes in
English and Spanish.
“There are several programs
that help people understand
the vehicle code. But in my
53 years in driving training, I
believe this is the best product
on the market,” said George
Hensel, Ph.D., former president of Driving Schools of
America. Additionally, the LA
Times headline raved: “Skip
the Book, Watch the Film.”
The program can be purchased
through the company web site:
www.passingthedmvtest.com.
Or you may pay by check or
money order. The DVD is
only $19.95 but with sales tax
and shipping and handling, the
total cost is $25.85. Our address is: Powell Productions,
2600 West 225th St., Torrance,
CA 90505. If you have any
questions, simply call Charles
Powell at 310-880-6427.
Reducing the Risk of
Outliving Your Money
What steps might help you sustain and grow your retirement savings?
Provided by Howard Erman. CFP®
“What is your greatest retirement fear?” If you ask retirees
that question, “outliving my
money” may likely be one of
the top answers. Retirees and
pre-retirees alike share this
anxiety. In a 2014 Wells Fargo/
Gallup survey of more than
1,000 investors, 46% of respondents cited that very fear;
42% of the respondents to that
poll were making $90,000 a
year or more.1
Retirees face greater “longevity risk” today. According to
an analysis of Census Bureau
data by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, the average retirement
age in this country is 65 for
men and 63 for women. Many
of us will probably live into our
eighties and nineties; indeed,
many of our parents have already lived that long. In 2014
(the most recent year for which
Census Bureau data is available), over 72,000 Americans
were centenarians, representing
a 44% increase since 2000.2,3
If your retirement lasts 20, 30,
or even 40 years, how well
do you think your retirement
savings will hold up? What financial steps could you take
in your retirement to prevent
those savings from eroding?
As you think ahead, consider
the following possibilities and
realities.
Realize that Social Security
benefits might shrink in the
future. Today, there are three
workers funding Social Security for every retiree. By federal estimates, there will be only
two workers funding Social Se-
Social Security’s trust fund is
projected to run dry by 2034,
and it is quite possible Congress may intervene to rescue
it before then. Still, the strain
on Social Security will mount
over the next 20 years as more
and more baby boomers retire.
With this in mind, there’s no
reason not to investigate other
potential retirement income
sources now.3
Understand that you may
need to work part-time in
your sixties and seventies.
The income from part-time
work can be an economic lifesaver for retirees. Suppose you
walk away from your career
with $500,000 in retirement
savings. In your first year of
retirement, you decide to withdraw 4% of that for income, or
$20,000. At that withdrawal
rate, not even adjusting for
inflation, that money will be
gone in 21 years. What if you
worked part-time and earned
$20,000-30,000 a year? If you
can do that for five or ten years,
you effectively give your retirement savings five or ten more
years to last and grow.3
Retire with health insurance
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Don’t Let High Pressure Blow Your
Vacation: Know Your PSI
Taking five minutes to check
your tires before your next
road trip can be well worth it,
considering the potential dangers and time lost by blowing
out a tire.
The Problem
As temperatures increase,
so does the frequency of tire
blowouts. For every 10-degree
increase in ambient temperature, tires naturally inflate with
one additional pound PSI (per
square inch). Improperly inflated tires lead to decreased
steering and braking control,
excessive wear and increased
fuel consumption. Plus, the
added weight of a road trip–
packed vehicle can further exacerbate pressure and stress on
your tires.
Nevertheless, according to
the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, only
19 percent of consumers keep
their tires properly inflated.
Improper tire care contributes
to about 200 fatalities each
year.
Moreover, having a spare
to lean on may no longer be
possible. Inflator kits have replaced spare tires in as many
as 29 million vehicles in the
last 10 years, according to recent research from AAA. More
than a third of 2015 model
year vehicles did not include a
spare tire.
What You Can Do
Discount Tire, the world’s
largest tire and wheel retailer,
sure that there is a functioning
tire inflation kit in the vehicle.
offers five important tips to
consider before hitting the
road:
1. Know your PSI—The specific inflation pressure number is listed on the vehicle
label located on the doorpost,
fuel door, glove box or in the
owner’s manual. Cold inflation pressure refers to the pressure in a tire that has not been
driven for at least three hours.
As tires warm during driving,
it is normal for pressure to
build. Do not bleed or reduce
air pressure when tires are hot.
The tire air pressure listed on
the tire sidewall is the maximum pressure and should not
be confused with the correct
pressure for your vehicle.
2. Tread on me—Insufficient
tread affects the tire’s ability
to maintain safe traction, especially in wet driving conditions. Check for uneven wear,
which is an indicator that
something is wrong with the
tire. Perform a penny test for
tread depth by inserting a penny head down into the tread. If
Lincoln’s entire head is visible, it’s time to replace the tire.
3. Don’t forget the spare—
Check the pressure of the spare
if you have one. If the vehicle
doesn’t come with a spare, en-
4. Rotate often—Regular rotation helps achieve uniform tire
wear and improves road performance. As a general rule,
tires rotated every 6,000 miles
last longer.
5. Don’t overload—Surpassing
a vehicle’s or trailer’s carrying
capacity is dangerous and can
lead to blowout, especially in
high heat. Handling, braking
and control are also reduced.
Check the owner’s manual for
load capacity specifications
prior to packing the vehicle.
These simple vehicle safety
checks can help you spend
more time relaxing on vacation, less time on the side of
the road.
If a tire-service situation does
arise, you can get help at any
of the more than 900 Discount
Tire stores around the country.
Free tire air pressure inspections are provided at all Discount Tire and America’s Tire
locations.
Learn More
For further advice on tire
safety, visit www.discounttire.
com.
Properly inflated tires can keep
your car on the road to safety
and savings.
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UCI Neuropsychiatric Center
searchers will use an imaging
test called a PET scan to determine whether a potential participant has evidence of an elevated level of amyloid plaque
in the brain. The study will
lasts for approximately three
years, and participants will be
required to visit the clinical research site once a month.
“The A4 study is exploring
whether we can treat Alzheimer’s disease the same way
we now address high cholesterol and heart disease—halting the disease before it even
starts,” said Reisa Sperling,
MD, principal investigator of
the A4 study. “The A4 study offers new hope that we can give
people a way to fight back, and
give them something they can
actively do to protect their own
memories. We hope to eventually spare other generations
from ever facing this devastating disease.”
Research shows that many
groups and individuals, including women, African-Americans, and Hispanic and Latino
Americans are at a higher risk
for developing Alzheimer’s
disease, but there is no clear
consensus why. One of the
goals of the A4 study is to attract participants from diverse
backgrounds, in order to help
determine why certain communities are more apt to get
Alzheimer’s, and identify how
they can reduce the prevalence
of AD.
The A4 study is funded by the
National Institute on Aging/
NIH, Eli Lilly and Company,
and several philanthropic organizations. The A4 study is
coordinated by the Alzheimer’s
Disease Cooperative Study, located at the University of California, San Diego. To volunteer
for the A4 study or for more
information, please visit www.
a4study.org or contact the UCI
study coordinator, Andrea Weideman at (714) 456-5697 or
email andrea.weideman@uci.
edu.
Plan to Retire
and prepare adequately for
out-of-pocket costs. Financially speaking, this may be
the most frustrating part of
retirement. We can enroll in
Medicare at age 65, but how
do we handle the premiums
for private health insurance if
we retire before then? Striving
to work until you are eligible
for Medicare makes economic
sense. So does building some
kind of health care emergency
fund for out-of-pocket costs.
According to data from Health
Affairs, those costs approached
$16,000 a year in 2014 for
Americans aged 65-84, and
$35,000 a year for Americans
aged 85 or older.4
Many people may retire unaware of these financial factors. With luck and a favorable
investing climate, their retirement savings may last a long
time. Luck is not a plan, however, and hope is not a strategy.
Those who are retiring unaware
of these factors may risk outliving their money.
Howard Erman may be reached
at (562) 546-6021 or askhow@
ermanretirementadvisory.com.
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EVERY MORNING MY
HUMAN SHAVES OFF
HIS FACE FUR, HE’S
FUNNY LIKE THAT.
—TUCK
adopted 05-04-11
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Color Helps People With Diabetes Take The
Guesswork Out Of Blood Sugar Test Results
Color has long been used to
help communicate important
information when it matters
most. In fact, people process
color before they’re even consciously aware of it.
Now, it’s being used in an innovative way to help people with
diabetes. The new OneTouch
Verio Flex blood glucose meter with ColorSure technology
uses color to take the guesswork out of understanding test
results. This can be good news
for many of the nearly 30 million Americans with diabetes
who regularly test their blood
sugar to detect highs and lows
and work with their healthcare
professional to make therapy
and lifestyle adjustments as
needed to stay healthy.
Color Brings Clarity
With each test, the meter uses
blue, green or red to instantly
show whether a test result is
low, in range or high. This can
be particularly important if the
result is low and the person
needs to recognize and respond
to low blood sugar quickly.
The low and high range limits
set in the meter can be customized for each patient based on
a healthcare professional’s
recommendations.
In a clinical study of 99 patients conducted in October,
2014, 93 percent agreed that
the simple color range indicator of the meter helped them
easily interpret their blood glucose readings. This is key because understanding what your
results mean is the first step in
making better decisions about
your diabetes management.
The same study also showed
that 70 percent of patients
agreed that the meter’s color
range indicator could encourage them to test their blood
sugar as often as their healthcare professional recommends.
More For Those Who Want
It
While the OneTouch Verio
Flex meter has broad appeal
as a simple meter on its own,
for patients looking for additional capabilities, it also features built-in Bluetooth Smart
Technology so it can wirelessly
connect with the companion
OneTouch Reveal mobile app
available free for both Android
and iOS mobile devices.
In combination, the meter and
app help patients manage their
blood glucose on the go…in
the moment and between office
visits.
Balancing Simplicity With
Understanding
“Research shows that ease of
use remains a very important
reason for meter selection by
a majority of patients, while,
at the same time, one third say
they can’t make sense of their
blood sugar results,” says Dr.
Jeremy Pettus, Endocrinologist and Assistant Professor of
Medicine at the University of
California, San Diego. “The
new OneTouch Verio Flex meter is designed to help people
with diabetes better understand and manage their blood
glucose. It provides basic information when all they want
to know is their number and
if they’re in range; while the
mobile app provides key insights and information sharing
if they’re interested in more.”
Covered By Most Insurance
The new OneTouch Verio Flex
system is available nationally
wherever diabetes testing supplies are sold and uses OneTouch Verio test strips which
have the lowest co-pay on the
most health plans1 and could
save users $40 a month.2 In addition, the test strips are always
covered by Medicare Part B.3
Learn More
OneTouch brand products are
recommended by more endocrinologists and primary
care physicians than any other
brand. For further information,
visit www.OneTouch.com.
People with diabetes should
test their blood sugar regularly
and use that information to
help make lifestyle and therapy
adjustments, as recommended
by their doctor. Now, that can
be easier to do.
1. Some health plans might
cover more than one test strip
at the lowest co-pay.
2. Co-pay savings is based on
average co-pay differential between preferred and non-preferred tiers.
3. Not a guarantee of coverage and payment. Coverage
and payment may be subject to
co-insurance, deductible, and
patient eligibility requirements.
Dr. Pettus is a paid consultant
for LifeScan, Inc.
The Bluetooth® word mark and
logos are registered trademarks
owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
and any use of such marks by
LifeScan Scotland Ltd is under
license. Other trademarks and
trade names are those of their
respective owners.
Google and the Google logo
are registered trademarks of
Google, Inc. Android is a trademark of Google, Inc.
iOS is a trademark or registered
trademark of Cisco in the U.S.
and other countries and is used
under license.
MAY 2016
Save Money
And Energy
There are an estimated 170
million
refrigerators
and
refrigerator-freezers currently
in use in the United States.
More than 60 million are over
10 years old, costing consumers
$4.4 billion a year in energy. A
new ENERGY STAR certified
refrigerator uses less energy
than two 60-watt lightbulbs and
includes energy-saving features
that provide performance
benefits, such as:
• Quieter, high-efficiency
compressors that create less
heat;
• Improved insulation in doors
and exterior walls to help food
stay cold and muffle noise;
• More precise temperature and
defrost mechanisms that help
the refrigerator operate more
efficiently;
• Innovative drawer designs
and improved temperature
controls to keep food fresher,
longer.
It can be better for you and the
environment to replace your
old refrigerator than to hang
on to it. Plus, keeping a second
refrigerator in your basement
or garage could be costing you
$110 every year. Just make
sure to properly recycle your
old refrigerator to prevent the
release of refrigerants and
foams that contribute to climate
change.
For more savings, certain
utilities offer rebates you
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MAY 2016
Fabulous Finds
By Debbie L. Sklar
May is a great month for mothers, and getting outside, as well
as spring cleaning. It’s also a
good time to stock up on some
new fab finds to get you excited
for the season. Check out what
we have below – everything
from a place to store your cellphone while in bed, a new curling iron for beach wavy hair,
and terrific sun protections in
crèmes and sprays.
The Holding Cell
Finding your cell phone in
your bedroom just got a whole
lot easier. The Holding Cell,
the cell phone holder for your
bed has arrived. For any person who has ever lost their cell
phone in between their covers,
on the floor, or under the bed,
this is a must-have!
The Holding Cell keeps your
cell phone in a designated spot
so you always know exactly
where your phone is, especially
in emergencies. Never miss an
important call or text, no more
straining to reach or find your
phone or charging cord on the
phone, no more constantly
searching or picking up your
charging cord off the floor, no
more kids sleeping with their
cell phones, never wake up to
a dead phone again, and protect
yourself from electromagnetic
radiation from storing your
phone under your pillow.
The Holding Cell is a device
that slides right under the mattress and is easy to use. Just
insert the phone cord in the
holder, slide to adjust to fit the
phone, and slide the holder under your mattress. The Holding Cell holds phone cords out
of the way neatly, for work or
play areas and has a side box
that allows for extra cord storage, eliminating the mess. The
device not only works great in
the bedroom, but also converts
from bed mode to attach to any
wall. Available online at myholdingcell.com
Can You Hear Me?
Face it, hearing aid batteries
are a hassle. They’re constantly in need of replacement, so
tiny that they’re hard to handle (especially for anyone with
limited dexterity and/or poor
vision), and cost about $200
per year. But until now, most
rechargeable hearing aids have
had limitations ranging from
short battery life to the need for
precise placement in a charging
station that again may be difficult for seniors with arthritis
and other impairments.
Enter the MDHearingAid
Volt - a rechargeable hearing aid with a built-in USB
port. Just plug it into the wall
at night with the Micro-USB
cord included in the package –
the same way you charge your
cellphone – and the lithium-ion
battery will last 18-22 hours on
a single charge.
And that’s not all. The Volt
is a one-size-fits-most; massmarket device that requires no
fitting appointments, costs just
$549.99
per
ear and has advanced features
like dual microphones that
aid hearing in
noisy environments. It was
created by otolaryngologist
Sreekant Cherukuri, delivering quality that is not available from other ready-to-wear
hearing aids. Available online
at
mdhearingaid.com/shop/
mdhearingaid-volt/
Beautiful Makeup
Brushes
Unlike other makeup brushes
on the market made with goat
hair, Artis boasts Animal-Free
Beauty®: no animal hairs or
by-products are ever used in
the makeup brushes. The revolutionary latest design innovation, the Artis Fluenta Collection combines ergonomics
with design, function and performance, making cosmetics
application easier and more efficient. Handmade in the USA:
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Fabulous Finds
a significant point of difference
in the makeup brush category.
The Artis Fluenta Collection
is available at Neiman Marcus
stores and Neimanmarcus.com
($25-$400.
Beautiful
Beachwaves for
Your Hair
Another new addition
to the award-winning
line of hair tools, the
S1.25 has been seen
making waves behind
the scenes at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. This larger
barrel width was created for women with
longer hair who want
voluminous blow-out
beach waves. The new
Beachwaver® S1.25
offers the same high-quality
professional results as the
Beachwaver® Pro, with the
same user-friendly features
from the S series. Key benefits
include a heat range of 290° 490°, lighter 5.5-inch ceramic
barrel length, 1.25 barrel width,
arrow button for rotation control, 8-foot swivel cord, ergonomic handle, beveled no-kink
clamp, fast/slow speed switch
and a home button. The Beachwaver Co. Beachwaver S1.25
Ceramic Rotating Curling Iron
is available online at beachwaver.com ($129).
Protect Your Skin
It’ that time of year when the
sun shines longer and more
intensely so be prepared. Aus-
tralian Gold
X-Treme
Sport Spray
Gel
allows
you to protect
yourself while
you stay active with Total
Performance
Formula.
Its
self-adapting
polymer technology helps boost SPF and
improve water resistance while
providing a low-shine finish on
skin. Available at mass drug
stores and online at AustralianGold.com ($7.99).
PCA SKIN
Weightless
Protection Broad
Spectrum SPF 45
This broad spectrum sunscreen
provides UVA/
UVB protection
with the technology of ultra-sheer
zinc oxide and
a blend of additional sunscreen
ingredients. It also contains the
important antioxidants Silybin,
also known as milk thistle, and
caffeine. Its unique quick-absorbing and light finish makes
it ideal for those with oily or
breakout-prone skin and those
who dislike the feel of traditional sunscreen products.
Available on line at PCASKIN.
com ($42).
Australian Gold Sheer Coverage Continuous Spray Sunscreen With InvisiDry™ Tech-
nology combines superior sun
protection and a quick-dry
formula with the convenience
of spray application. InvisiDry
Technology™ includes an innovative combination of Silica
Microspheres, Silicone and an
Emollient Ester, that allows for
fast drying and absorption that
leaves the skin feeling smooth
and silky, not sticky or slick.
Available at national drug
stores or online at AustralianGold.com (10.99).
Australian Gold SPF Lotion
with Kona Coffee
Bronzers
delivers unsurpassed
sun protection
with
instant, natural-looking
color. Sport
a sun-kissed
glow even on your first day at
the beach! Available at national
drug stores or online at AustralianGold.com (7.99).
Save Money
And Energy
can apply to the cost of an
ENERGY STAR refrigerator or
toward properly recycling your
old refrigerator.
For information on rebates
and other special manufacturer
offers, visit www.energystar.
gov/flipyourfridge.
Replacing your old refrigerator
can be good for the
environment.
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MAY 2016
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